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but jack lew is opposite of that. he thinks he las the set of skills he needs among candidates to replace jack lew as chous chief of staff. one source tells me set leading candidate. we will see if that announcement is made tomorrow as is jack lew for treasury. >> if jack lew is secretary treasury, it'll look something like this, whatever that is. accidentally, tim geithner had a different signature but changed it for the green back. ma maybe jack lew will do the same. >> the power the new treasury hassle have the power to shape. but is this is real risk? fresh off a multiyear run at tcw, first off, congratulations of being a self-employed business man. >> thank you, very much. >> now all of the bills fall to you. >> yes. >> but it is always ladies first. >> glad to hear it. first off, jack lew, no doubt his commitment to dc. my problem is his commitment to dc. he only served out of d.c. one year in the hedge fund department. is he the right man for the job? >> listen, i think you raise an important point. i think wha
but jack lew is opposite of that. he thinks he las the set of skills he needs among candidates to replace jack lew as chous chief of staff. one source tells me set leading candidate. we will see if that announcement is made tomorrow as is jack lew for treasury. >> if jack lew is secretary treasury, it'll look something like this, whatever that is. accidentally, tim geithner had a different signature but changed it for the green back. ma maybe jack lew will do the same. >> the power...
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i have the greatest respect for jack lew. i know him as a man exceptional judgment, calm under pressure, with an extraordinary record of experience over decades spent at the center of american economic policy. he is committed to defending the safety net for the elderly and poor. he understands what it takes to create the conditions for stronger economic growth and broader economic opportunity. and he understands that to govern responsibly, is to govern with the recognition that we have limited fiscal resources. now like jack, i've spent my professional life in this world of public policy and public service, and as all of you know, our families carry a large share of the burdens we assume in public life. and i feel incredibly fortunate that my wife, carol, and my family, have been willing to allow me to do this. and i thank them for their support and their patience and i understand their occasional impatience. i want to express my admiration and my appreciation for the women and men of the treasury department. those who came t
i have the greatest respect for jack lew. i know him as a man exceptional judgment, calm under pressure, with an extraordinary record of experience over decades spent at the center of american economic policy. he is committed to defending the safety net for the elderly and poor. he understands what it takes to create the conditions for stronger economic growth and broader economic opportunity. and he understands that to govern responsibly, is to govern with the recognition that we have limited...
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jack lew is an inside man. as long as the world doesn't implode, americans much less the world will pay little attention to who heads the u.s. treasury. what do you think? >> what do i think? it's really very simple. simple once again. it's not as easy as it's now a domestic issue with the budget battle. if only it were. this is all about who the man is and what does he bring to the table. if we look back at treasury secretaries, paul o'neill and john snow, they were major men in their own industries. but they didn't -- >> nobody remembers. >> nobody remembers them and they were not huge successes. lloyd benson even. look at what he was. a great man in his field. but did not bring much to the table. now you look at paulson, geithner, summers, ruben, morgan, you don't remember him any more than i do, but the fact is they were the men who actually were able to make the treasury work. now, there's no doubt jack lew comes with the authority of the president and the white house. but he has to go further than that. h
jack lew is an inside man. as long as the world doesn't implode, americans much less the world will pay little attention to who heads the u.s. treasury. what do you think? >> what do i think? it's really very simple. simple once again. it's not as easy as it's now a domestic issue with the budget battle. if only it were. this is all about who the man is and what does he bring to the table. if we look back at treasury secretaries, paul o'neill and john snow, they were major men in their...
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>> steve, you were right on the money with the jack lew prediction. you and i had this conversation, but i just wonder, you know, there's this antagonistic relationship between the white house and business. >> right. >> there were a handful of business guys in the mix that wanted the job. larry fink. would it be sort of better as a perception from the market or perception of business to put a business guy in there to help the relationship, help the togetherness of business in washington so we actually get some job creation going? what's your take on this choice? >> i don't disagree with the signal that could have been sent had somebody else been chosen. >> exactly. >> no doubt about that. it could have been an olive branch to the business community. i think that's for sure, and president obama did have several candidates who he could have chosen from in that regard. >> right. >> so i think that's very important, but i think right now president obama says, you know what? i've got a problem with congress. i've got a problem with the debt ceiling. let me
>> steve, you were right on the money with the jack lew prediction. you and i had this conversation, but i just wonder, you know, there's this antagonistic relationship between the white house and business. >> right. >> there were a handful of business guys in the mix that wanted the job. larry fink. would it be sort of better as a perception from the market or perception of business to put a business guy in there to help the relationship, help the togetherness of business in...
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>>> the cabinet reshuffle continues, and next in the hot seat, jack lew. it is wednesday, january 9th, and this is "now." >>> joining me today, "rolling stones" eric bates, heather mcgee, former traveling press secretary for the obama campaign jen psaki, and the effortlessly elegant msnbc contributor jonathan capehart of "the washington post." at a time of great fiscal uncertainty and belt tightening, president obama is poised to nominate as the next treasury secretary a man who brings his lunch to work every day, a cheese sandwich and apple to be precise, president obama will reportedly tap jack lew tomorrow to replace timothy geithner. lew would take over on the eve of another debt ceiling battle. in round one during the summer of 2011, boehner's top staffer called lew's debt ceiling negotiations disrespectful and dismissive. according to david plouffe, that is because jack knows the numbers and republicans couldn't pull a fast one. two names are being floated to replace lew, dennis mcdonagh, currently his deputy national security adviser and ron klain.
>>> the cabinet reshuffle continues, and next in the hot seat, jack lew. it is wednesday, january 9th, and this is "now." >>> joining me today, "rolling stones" eric bates, heather mcgee, former traveling press secretary for the obama campaign jen psaki, and the effortlessly elegant msnbc contributor jonathan capehart of "the washington post." at a time of great fiscal uncertainty and belt tightening, president obama is poised to nominate as the...
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well, for heaven sakes, jack lew was on wall street for a year. he ran the alternative investments at citibank and he got $1 million bonus to that and $1 million cash compensation on top of that. i don't begrudge him that. i'm a free market guy. but his boss begrudges people who made money and lew did that in one year. if you live by the sword, you die by the sword. >> well, again, he is in sync with his boss, president obama, and i think obama's willing to overlook those transgressions as long as you see the world the way he does. and in terms of governor dean, i almost think i'm re-hearing herbert hoover about the need to fight the deficit by raising taxes. raising taxes -- >> and cutting spending. >> raising taxes is not the way to go. and you look at europe, they're raising taxes, japan is raising taxes and the result is a disaster. as you know, if we had normal growth economy, say 4%, which shouldn't be hard to do after what we've been through, you'd get an extra $400 billion, $500 billion right off the bat, instant, painless. >> howard, what
well, for heaven sakes, jack lew was on wall street for a year. he ran the alternative investments at citibank and he got $1 million bonus to that and $1 million cash compensation on top of that. i don't begrudge him that. i'm a free market guy. but his boss begrudges people who made money and lew did that in one year. if you live by the sword, you die by the sword. >> well, again, he is in sync with his boss, president obama, and i think obama's willing to overlook those transgressions...
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let me say more about jack lew, we call this one, you don't know jack. >> of course you do. >> this is a financial education. beginning with harvard and georgetown. but that never disqualified anybody. tip o'neill 93 and '94, special to president clinton. and that's what john harwood was talking about. incredible expertise with the budget. moving on in 2006, new york university as executive advice president. then a stint at citigroup. first at global wealth management and next in a controversy by the way that comes up with a large bonus he got while citigroup was getting tart money. finally reenter the administration. i'm sure the administration will make a cot of, as secretary in charge of of resource management. and second stint of omb. then white house chief of staff to the present. let's look at positive. some private sector banking experience. that ends up being a negative. close to the president, you have treasury secretaries with more or less connections to the white house. . finally ton negatives, is this the guy you want in office during financial crisis like you had with geit
let me say more about jack lew, we call this one, you don't know jack. >> of course you do. >> this is a financial education. beginning with harvard and georgetown. but that never disqualified anybody. tip o'neill 93 and '94, special to president clinton. and that's what john harwood was talking about. incredible expertise with the budget. moving on in 2006, new york university as executive advice president. then a stint at citigroup. first at global wealth management and next in a...
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i don't think jack lew brings that to the table. whether or not the other attributes he has make up for that we'll have to wait and see. >> i was going to ask you if you didn't end your report with that, i was going to ask you to say what you just said, what you said to me off camera -- and i'll tell you, when you said it, i'll tell you what struck me. sometimes i think you're implying that if the administration needs to sell something to maybe the private sector, it helps to say, you know, geithner's for it. or it helps to say paulson was for it. it helps to say robert reuben is for this. and in this case they won't necessarily be able to make that. but they don't -- see where i disagree with you, i don't think they care that they don't sell it. they don't need to sell it. >> i don't care if they care. they should care. it does matter. we are entering really interesting times when it comes to a need to rethink our corporate tax system, rethink our individual tax system. rethink entitlements. all of these things. it would have been,
i don't think jack lew brings that to the table. whether or not the other attributes he has make up for that we'll have to wait and see. >> i was going to ask you if you didn't end your report with that, i was going to ask you to say what you just said, what you said to me off camera -- and i'll tell you, when you said it, i'll tell you what struck me. sometimes i think you're implying that if the administration needs to sell something to maybe the private sector, it helps to say, you...
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jack lew officially nominated as treasury chief. lew is known for his role in the being acrimonious talks in 2011. what could it mean this time. >> tiffany disappoints again with weaker holiday sales. there was weakness in the americas, strength in asia. so how much of a read through to the rest of retail is this earnings report? >>> nokia shares soaring this morning after a bullish outlook for the first quarter. >>> and herbal life's big day to defend itself against bill ackman's damning allegations. we'll have the latest and the ceo join us later in the show. >>> well, today president obama is set to nominate white house chief of staff jack lew as his next treasury secretary. succeeding tim geithner. lew has been budget director in both the obama and clinton administrations. he will pray a major role of course in negotiations over the debt ceiling and potential spending cuts. the president will make his announcement at 1:30 eastern. it's an event in the east room at the white house. i have to say off the bat just because he's a fo
jack lew officially nominated as treasury chief. lew is known for his role in the being acrimonious talks in 2011. what could it mean this time. >> tiffany disappoints again with weaker holiday sales. there was weakness in the americas, strength in asia. so how much of a read through to the rest of retail is this earnings report? >>> nokia shares soaring this morning after a bullish outlook for the first quarter. >>> and herbal life's big day to defend itself against...
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perhaps the best clues for that are in an op-ed from two years ago from jack lew. inis entitled "the easy cuts are behind us." the piece absolutely advocates getting out of our debt and getting the debt and deficit under control. but it does so by discussing some cuts in defense and then examples of scaling back things like something called the great lakes restoration initiative. not eliminating it, just cutting it by maybe a quarter of its present cost. a sav
perhaps the best clues for that are in an op-ed from two years ago from jack lew. inis entitled "the easy cuts are behind us." the piece absolutely advocates getting out of our debt and getting the debt and deficit under control. but it does so by discussing some cuts in defense and then examples of scaling back things like something called the great lakes restoration initiative. not eliminating it, just cutting it by maybe a quarter of its present cost. a sav
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he is talking about jack lew to be secretary of the treasury are. there is not even one controversial episode in jack lew's entire life history. but senator jeff sessions who is not even a member of the committee that will definitely vote to confirm jack lew is trying to make his confirmation controversial perhaps because he still hasn't gotten over the fact that the senate judiciary committee voted against his nomination to be a federal judge in 1986. joy read the jack lew thing it doesn't get less controversial than this. poor little jeff sessions isn't going to get to ask him questions in the hearing because he isn't on the hear. >> this is like confirmation theater. darn it they were nominated by barack obama. they have the bam of stain on them. lew's issue is his weird signature. >> right. eugene robinson. you have seen this stuff over the years. take us through what is going to happen with haegle. you have the secretary of defense. something that bill clinton did. and republicans are going no, we don't like this guy. i think what is going to h
he is talking about jack lew to be secretary of the treasury are. there is not even one controversial episode in jack lew's entire life history. but senator jeff sessions who is not even a member of the committee that will definitely vote to confirm jack lew is trying to make his confirmation controversial perhaps because he still hasn't gotten over the fact that the senate judiciary committee voted against his nomination to be a federal judge in 1986. joy read the jack lew thing it doesn't get...
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in his opinion there's no better person sitting in treasury to tackle that than jack lew. >> i do want to point out one thing as we talk about diversity, and we had jen saki on the show yesterday. she said while the president has a very diverse -- >> a woman who works for president obama. >> and she made the point that we have a pipeline problem. if you actually look at sort of where women are at -- we did a little researching as we are want to do on this television program -- 50% -- 50.8% of the country is female, but they're only 18.9% of congress is female. that's up. that's still 19% basically. only 4.2% of fortune 1,000 ceos, rona, are women. when we talk about why are the women who are there -- why is the word deputy in front of their names? it's because in top level positions, i mean, you still have a problem in this country and around the world with women in leadership positions. >> it's interesting. the ceo numbers are particularly striking, and i think that that represents the fact that there just has not been enough culture shift in corporate america. i mean, women's roles a
in his opinion there's no better person sitting in treasury to tackle that than jack lew. >> i do want to point out one thing as we talk about diversity, and we had jen saki on the show yesterday. she said while the president has a very diverse -- >> a woman who works for president obama. >> and she made the point that we have a pipeline problem. if you actually look at sort of where women are at -- we did a little researching as we are want to do on this television program --...
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if you look at jack lew's career, it's easy to say he's a creature of government. worked in the obama administration, worked for tip o'neill back in the day. but when you look at his experience before he came to the government with the obama white house, he was at citi and got $1 million salary and $1 million bonus. this irks not only conservatives who think obama's being hypocritical to nominate someone this kind of banking background after wagging his finger at the wealthy all year. but almost frustrates and infuriates the left because they would like to see someone more progressive in the treasury role. >> more progressive. but what about this? he was the chief operating officer of a proprietary trading operation of about $54 billion. now, that has been outlawed under dodd/frank. so once again, i see hypocrisy from team obama. >> you've already seen some senators on capitol hill such as chuck grassley of iowa raise questions about what jack lew did at citi. and there's been a huffington post investigation about how lew's unit within the company was tied to hedge
if you look at jack lew's career, it's easy to say he's a creature of government. worked in the obama administration, worked for tip o'neill back in the day. but when you look at his experience before he came to the government with the obama white house, he was at citi and got $1 million salary and $1 million bonus. this irks not only conservatives who think obama's being hypocritical to nominate someone this kind of banking background after wagging his finger at the wealthy all year. but...
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and jack lew is in the middle of it. because democratic economic policies have not been well received by republicans in congress, and because jack lew once irked mitch mcconnell, he is, we're supposed to believe, not going to get the top tier cabinet position. we scoff in your general direction. if those do not sound like reasons substantive enough to block a presidential cabinet nomination, that is because those are not reasons substantive enough to block a presidential cabinet nomination. at least historically speaking, those are not the kind of things that keep a person out of a top tier job like that. as "the new york times" calculated today, in the history of the u.s. senate, the senate has confirmed over 500 cabinet nominations. over 500. it has denied nine out of more than 500 in gnat senate history. the last time a cabinet nomination was denied was almost 25 years ago when the senate voted down poppy bush's nominee for defense john tower after what would later be described in his obituary of public allegations of
and jack lew is in the middle of it. because democratic economic policies have not been well received by republicans in congress, and because jack lew once irked mitch mcconnell, he is, we're supposed to believe, not going to get the top tier cabinet position. we scoff in your general direction. if those do not sound like reasons substantive enough to block a presidential cabinet nomination, that is because those are not reasons substantive enough to block a presidential cabinet nomination. at...
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lew the individual and what jack lew has stood for historically in his career and more about this administration's fiscal policy you can expect to see these confirmation hearings will be a proxy for the looming debt ceiling debate and other debates going forward about the administration's fiscal plan. >> woodruff: jared, whator all does this choice say about what the presen's priorities are when it comes to the economy? >> i think it says two things. one is that the president wants jack lew there for these upcoming fiscal deadlines. the sequestration, the debt ceiling, things like that. he knows that jack is not just a tough negotiator and i think this next point has gotten mixed he's a successful negotiator. i know republicans are complaining because he took a tough line back in 2011 with a lot of tea party folks but in fact he's been closing deals for 30 years the second thing is jack understands what it means, a very important part of the president's second term agenda. he understands what it means to get our debt on a sustainable trajectory. there's a lot that has to happen for that to occur.
lew the individual and what jack lew has stood for historically in his career and more about this administration's fiscal policy you can expect to see these confirmation hearings will be a proxy for the looming debt ceiling debate and other debates going forward about the administration's fiscal plan. >> woodruff: jared, whator all does this choice say about what the presen's priorities are when it comes to the economy? >> i think it says two things. one is that the president wants...
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lew the individual and what jack lew has stood for historically in his career and more about this administration's fiscal policy you can expect to see these confirmation hearings will be a proxy for the looming debt ceiling debate and other debates going forward about the administration's fiscal plan. >> woodruff: jared, whator all does this choice say about what the president's priorities are when it comes to the economy? >> i think it says two things. one is that the president wants jack lew there for these upcoming fiscal deadlines. the sequestration the debt ceiling, things like that. he knows that jack is not just a tough negotiator and i think this next point has gotten mixed he's a successful negotiator. i know republicans are complaining because he took a tough line back in 2011 with a lot of tea party folks but in fact he's been closing deals for 30 years the second thing is jack understands what it means a very important part of the president's second term agenda. he understands what it means to get our debt on a sustainable trajectory. there's a lot that has to happen for that to occur.
lew the individual and what jack lew has stood for historically in his career and more about this administration's fiscal policy you can expect to see these confirmation hearings will be a proxy for the looming debt ceiling debate and other debates going forward about the administration's fiscal plan. >> woodruff: jared, whator all does this choice say about what the president's priorities are when it comes to the economy? >> i think it says two things. one is that the president...
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professor black, your assessment of jack lew? >> on financial matters, jack lew has been a failure of pretty epic proportions. he gets promoted precisely because he is willing to be a failure, and is a useful to wall street interests. so you have mentioned two of the things in terms of most important and most destructive deregulation under president clinton by statute. but he was also there for much of the regulation by rule and strong proponent of it, and he was there for much of the cutting of staff, for example, the fdic lost three-quarters of its staff and a huge loss began under clinton. and the whole reinventing government, lou was a strong supporter of that. we were taught, instructed by washington that we were to refer to banks as our clients and our role as regulators, and to think of them as clients. he goes from there to wall street where he was a complete failure. you noted that part of what citicorp did was a bet that housing would fall. that is one of their winning bets. the action made a bunch of losing bets as wel
professor black, your assessment of jack lew? >> on financial matters, jack lew has been a failure of pretty epic proportions. he gets promoted precisely because he is willing to be a failure, and is a useful to wall street interests. so you have mentioned two of the things in terms of most important and most destructive deregulation under president clinton by statute. but he was also there for much of the regulation by rule and strong proponent of it, and he was there for much of the...
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what about now with jack lew? brian jacobson chief portfolio strategist at wells fargo joining us now from milwaukee wisconsin. at first look, what do you think? >> well, i think this is an example where we will probably see history not necessarily repeat but it will most likely rhyme with what happened when geithner made his first speech. i'm not all that confident that lew is going to be a good replacement for geithner. i think he's not a very unifying individual. he's more of a polarizing figure. and it makes it more likely that the next two years until the midterm elections that we could see more battles and skirmishes in washington, d.c. as opposed to fewer. dagen: what would you like to see as a stock investor? >> a treasury secretary who is more focused on building compromise. but think the lesson we learned in the debate last year when there was discussion about debt ceiling is that lew is one of these types of individuals who very politically savvy but that doesn't necessarily equate to being a statesman
what about now with jack lew? brian jacobson chief portfolio strategist at wells fargo joining us now from milwaukee wisconsin. at first look, what do you think? >> well, i think this is an example where we will probably see history not necessarily repeat but it will most likely rhyme with what happened when geithner made his first speech. i'm not all that confident that lew is going to be a good replacement for geithner. i think he's not a very unifying individual. he's more of a...
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jack lew understands budgets. the fact of the matter is, this is a guy that can speak the right language when the biggest crisis in washington right now is the fact that there's an absence of a budget. >> okay. so, ali, that's a great point. when i heard you talk about this before it was the one thing that you said that i kind of disagreed with. look, we have a fiscal crisis on our hands, we have a debt crisis. if you look at his performance in the last few years in terms of running the budget office and being the chief of staff for the president, the debt crisis has gotten much worse. i don't look at that reference and say, gee, this is a guy who is really going to fix the problem and i do think what we need in washington is he's been in washington in and out of government for 25 years and i guess my philosophy is, why not bring in some new faces, granted they are going to have the president's philosophy but maybe looking at new approaches to bringing this enormous debt down. >> steve, do you remember his record
jack lew understands budgets. the fact of the matter is, this is a guy that can speak the right language when the biggest crisis in washington right now is the fact that there's an absence of a budget. >> okay. so, ali, that's a great point. when i heard you talk about this before it was the one thing that you said that i kind of disagreed with. look, we have a fiscal crisis on our hands, we have a debt crisis. if you look at his performance in the last few years in terms of running the...
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jack lew has a clean slate. let's hope he uses it to get america out of this hole. before we go tonight, let's look at the day on wall street. it was a winner of a session today once again, this market wants to go higher and it did. up 80 points on the industrial average. the nasdaq up about 16 points, technology, one of the winning sectors and the s&p higher by better than 11 points. that will do it. hope you follow my on twitter and google plus. have a fantastic night. i'll see you tomorrow. but first, stay with cnbc. here's "fast money," it begins right now. >>> live from the nasdaq market site in new york city's times square, i'm melissa lee. banking on financials. wells fargo kicks off earnings season tomorrow. will the banks be big winners again in 2013? lumia lift? nokia surges on better than expected sales. should you be buying the hype? and debt threat. the queen of wall street gives her take on how the debt ceiling debate will effect your bond portfolio. first, our top story. stocks jumping to five-years highs. so, we ask, were you a buyer or seller today?
jack lew has a clean slate. let's hope he uses it to get america out of this hole. before we go tonight, let's look at the day on wall street. it was a winner of a session today once again, this market wants to go higher and it did. up 80 points on the industrial average. the nasdaq up about 16 points, technology, one of the winning sectors and the s&p higher by better than 11 points. that will do it. hope you follow my on twitter and google plus. have a fantastic night. i'll see you...
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jack lew, does he change things? obviously, we know he's in favor of big government, big spending, probably face a big fight for his confirmation. jack, do you think that changes anything for your markets outlook? >> it doesn't for me. i think the biggest change we're going to see right away is just new signatures on our currency. beyond that, you know, the treasury has at least under geithner in the second term here has really sort of backed away from center stage giving, handing the baton mostly to the fed. you know, whether lew takes a more activist role, he certainly is an obama loyalist, remains to be seen. i will say, you know, there's probably a little more contention in washington surrounding jack lew than there is, perhaps, on wall street right now. ashley: all right, jack. let me bring you in -- david, i'm sorry. jack, you had, we've heard from you. let's bring in david on where investors can make money in this market. what do can you like spa why? -- and why? >> sure. well, i'll make a comment on commoditi
jack lew, does he change things? obviously, we know he's in favor of big government, big spending, probably face a big fight for his confirmation. jack, do you think that changes anything for your markets outlook? >> it doesn't for me. i think the biggest change we're going to see right away is just new signatures on our currency. beyond that, you know, the treasury has at least under geithner in the second term here has really sort of backed away from center stage giving, handing the...
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it is up to the united states senate whether or not to confirm jack lew. the white house is selling this as a transition. that, by the way, is construction for the or parade here, the inaugural parade, if you heard the loud crash. the transition that you have now from really a rescue job that treasury secretary geithner was asked to do at the beginning of the administration now to one of budgeting. jack lew, the budget chief in the clinton administration, in the obama administration in the white house is basically saying that's why they chose him, the mastery of the federal budget. >> jack knows that every number on a page, every dollar we budget, every decision we make has to be an expression of who we wish to be as a nation. our values. the values that say everybody gets a fair shot at opportunity. and says that we expect all of us to pull fill our or individual obligations. >> reporter: republicans say that the lack of willingnesses to address entitlement spending and saying signals that the president -- this is senator mike lee -- will continue to purs
it is up to the united states senate whether or not to confirm jack lew. the white house is selling this as a transition. that, by the way, is construction for the or parade here, the inaugural parade, if you heard the loud crash. the transition that you have now from really a rescue job that treasury secretary geithner was asked to do at the beginning of the administration now to one of budgeting. jack lew, the budget chief in the clinton administration, in the obama administration in the...
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and jack lew, what an interesting signature this man has. if jack lew, president obama's nominee for treasury secretary gets the gig this scribble may be on all of your money. lew may have the most illegible signature of all time. look at it. it's nothing but a doodle. like nine loops in a row. >> that is something my 2-year-old would do. >> on treasury secretary. yesterday president obama assured the world that the american dollar is, in fact, safe. >> i had never noticed jack's signature. and when this was highlighted yesterday in the press, i considered rescinding my offer to appoint him. jack assures me that he is going to work to make at least one lett lett letter legible, should he be confirmed as secretary of treasury. >> this is what his signature would actually look like on the dollar bill. that's just awful. >> is it third grade when they focus on your handwriting skills and penmanship? maybe he can sit in on a class. >> the treasury secretary wants to audit your class. >>> nine minutes past the hour. yesterday we brought you the l
and jack lew, what an interesting signature this man has. if jack lew, president obama's nominee for treasury secretary gets the gig this scribble may be on all of your money. lew may have the most illegible signature of all time. look at it. it's nothing but a doodle. like nine loops in a row. >> that is something my 2-year-old would do. >> on treasury secretary. yesterday president obama assured the world that the american dollar is, in fact, safe. >> i had never noticed...
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lew is concerned what will be top of the agenda then what needs to be done going forward. he majorly moved will need to move towards get in the talks on the debt ceiling in place it would also be for him to create the platform from which. obama is reflecting his view that he wants to do something about his legacy u.s. is still facing huge reforms needed in particularly in the health care costs where health costs over the next ten years will double in percent of the g.d.p. so there's still a lot to be done and i think appointing a somewhat more political person to the choices second chair will also indicate that obama means business is terrific doing this and in terms of ways to tackle the debt then there's been talk of a one trillion dollar platinum coin to be minted as a way to resolve the over sixteen trillion dollar debt do you see this is feasible is it crazy is it is a good idea how do you see this. theoretically is a very good idea isn't it if you have too much state you can just mend some coins and you're out of your trouble of course i think clearly this is just th
lew is concerned what will be top of the agenda then what needs to be done going forward. he majorly moved will need to move towards get in the talks on the debt ceiling in place it would also be for him to create the platform from which. obama is reflecting his view that he wants to do something about his legacy u.s. is still facing huge reforms needed in particularly in the health care costs where health costs over the next ten years will double in percent of the g.d.p. so there's still a lot...
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yesterday i told you about a silly concern that's popped up about jack lew being nominated for secretary of the treasury. his signature if confirmed. that, that's the signature that would end up at the bottom of our paper money. look at that thing. that can't be. at today's nomination ceremony president obama didn't let that topic of his crazy signature slide. >> i had never noticed jack's signature, and when this was highlighted yesterday in the press, i considered rescinding my offer to appoint him. jack assures me that he is going to work to make at least one letter legible in order not to debase our currency should he be confirmed as secretary of the treasury. >> well, there is some hope. tim geithner had a messy signature in his past, but on the bill it's completely legible. looks like alexander hamilton. >>> next, aig has thought better about suing the federal government over the terms of the 2008 bank bailout. yes, the same taxpayer funded bailout that brought them $200 billion and saved them from bankruptcy. anyway, before the news of the potential lawsuit, aig launched an ad cam
yesterday i told you about a silly concern that's popped up about jack lew being nominated for secretary of the treasury. his signature if confirmed. that, that's the signature that would end up at the bottom of our paper money. look at that thing. that can't be. at today's nomination ceremony president obama didn't let that topic of his crazy signature slide. >> i had never noticed jack's signature, and when this was highlighted yesterday in the press, i considered rescinding my offer to...
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host: jack lew coming in, and he was the president's point person. does that give you any confidence on budgets considering his background? caller: no, his background is just as bad. he practiced law for a few years, but he is basically a politician who used to work for tip o'neill. he does not care anything about economic growth. when the you hear any obama administration official talking about economic growth? that is what is needed, not more government programs that just run up debt. who is going to pay the debt back? host: ran on the independent line. caller: i am calling about timothy geithner exactly and the whole federal resolve -- reserve, for that matter. people are making like me of timothy geithner 0 in tax money. i do not make lightly of that. he came in a 0 in tax money knowing that he owed tax money. he was thinking he was above it anyway. that is one point. the second, our unemployment rate is sky-high under timothy geithner. the national debt is sky high under timothy geithner. third, we have lost our national credit rating, our world
host: jack lew coming in, and he was the president's point person. does that give you any confidence on budgets considering his background? caller: no, his background is just as bad. he practiced law for a few years, but he is basically a politician who used to work for tip o'neill. he does not care anything about economic growth. when the you hear any obama administration official talking about economic growth? that is what is needed, not more government programs that just run up debt. who is...
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president nominated jack lew as the treasury secretary. it has been met with vigorous opposition by some on capitol hill. we'll have report and analysis from brit hume. 14 died in boston and 18 in state of massachusetts as the nationwide flu outbreak continues. we have a live report. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: welcome back. i've been asking the question is american culture in declin decline. first up, scott thompson, english teacher is accused of pulling the flag off the wall and stomping on it in front of students feoffment speech or is american culture in decline. bob, taking the flag off the wall, stomping on it in front of kids? >> bob: it's terrible. i think there are laws against defacing a flag. not sure that he is not in that territory. to do it in front of kids, i'm not sure what the point was. he said it's cloth. it's more than cloth. represents a lot of thing. >> kimberly: fire him. this is outrageous. i would be so angry i would literally pro
president nominated jack lew as the treasury secretary. it has been met with vigorous opposition by some on capitol hill. we'll have report and analysis from brit hume. 14 died in boston and 18 in state of massachusetts as the nationwide flu outbreak continues. we have a live report. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: welcome back. i've been asking the question is american culture in declin...
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tell me the problem with jack lew. >> so much problems, so few time. the first thing is a lock of integrity. it isn't even so much that he worked for wall street. it's that he was in charge of o.m.d. for president clinton and was one of the important architects of financial deregulation. that's why he's not willing to admit that, because his fingerprints are all over what caused the crisis. >> cenk: so that's interesting. >> if you don't ever integrity you don't get anything. >> cenk: he's part of the guys who deregulate the banks. he goes to the banks gets paid millions of dollars at those banks that deregulation causes those banks to crash. becoming the director of the office of management and budget, then chief of staff now secretary treasury. it's almost as if they reward failure in washington. >> it's not almost. i said this about geithner, that he was selected precisely because he had a track record of consistent failure and louis a worthy successor. on every important financial issue, he has been as wrong as it is possible to be wrong he's cause
tell me the problem with jack lew. >> so much problems, so few time. the first thing is a lock of integrity. it isn't even so much that he worked for wall street. it's that he was in charge of o.m.d. for president clinton and was one of the important architects of financial deregulation. that's why he's not willing to admit that, because his fingerprints are all over what caused the crisis. >> cenk: so that's interesting. >> if you don't ever integrity you don't get anything....
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i think jack lew is going to be the same. what was interesting is the geithner treasury has not been especially public treasury, but the idea with jack lew, it will be even less public than that. >> good point. lew not a friend of the camera, as even the president suggested in that presser yesterday. >> exactly. >> thanks a lot, steve lies plan. >> planes, trains and automobiles, dow transports rising, hitting the third consecutive interday high. big names like goldman getting more bullish on the sector. is a run-up almost over? we're talking tranies a little later on. robert frank is coming to the post for the million-dollar minute. >> melissa, i've got the hottest new toy for billionaires. and why this toy made some big news this week. that's coming up on "squawk on [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at
i think jack lew is going to be the same. what was interesting is the geithner treasury has not been especially public treasury, but the idea with jack lew, it will be even less public than that. >> good point. lew not a friend of the camera, as even the president suggested in that presser yesterday. >> exactly. >> thanks a lot, steve lies plan. >> planes, trains and automobiles, dow transports rising, hitting the third consecutive interday high. big names like goldman...
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unclear if that's going to mean a seamless transition with the president's nominee jack lew since it seems unlikely at this point lew will be confirmed by the senate before geithner leaves. so maybe the deputy secretary will fill that gap. geithner, if he wants one, can have almost any finance job that he wants. he'll take at least six months to consider his option. they don't say whether or not he wants to go into finance. the question is what kind of job would be appropriate for geithner to take given that he was intimately involved in bank rescue operations over the past several years? and what kind of job could he take in the post-crisis world and still be eligible to come back into government if he wanted? fed chairman ben bernanke, he's expected to move on after his term expires in 2014, and geithner would clearly be someone the president would consider. according to sources, geithner wouldn't want the job but the president has been very successful in getting geithner to do things he hasn't wanted to, like stay on treasury for an extra year or two and geitner has been making ab
unclear if that's going to mean a seamless transition with the president's nominee jack lew since it seems unlikely at this point lew will be confirmed by the senate before geithner leaves. so maybe the deputy secretary will fill that gap. geithner, if he wants one, can have almost any finance job that he wants. he'll take at least six months to consider his option. they don't say whether or not he wants to go into finance. the question is what kind of job would be appropriate for geithner to...
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in terms of whether jacks lew changes anything, you're right the president makes the policy. now, sometimes you can have a treasury secretary that can have an influence like if you have a robert ruben kind of person who had a heavy influence on bill clinton and got him to see how important reducing the deficit was. but obama seems to choose people who are just going to execute, not actually make policy. stuart: okay. dream on kirsten, dream on. i've got to break in for a second. news just in from the news conference for the f.a.a. secretary ray lahood has been holding. >> we believe this is a safe aircraft, talking about the 787 dreamliner, of course referring to the boeing dreamliner, saying look, it's safe. this is what the f.a.a. is saying at the news conference, announcing the review of the dreamliner and that's the conference held right now. boeing stock is down a buck and a half on that. now this: snow in jerusalem, lowest temperature there in decades. lowest temperature in china in three decades. however, the u.s. saw its warmest year on record last year and we've got
in terms of whether jacks lew changes anything, you're right the president makes the policy. now, sometimes you can have a treasury secretary that can have an influence like if you have a robert ruben kind of person who had a heavy influence on bill clinton and got him to see how important reducing the deficit was. but obama seems to choose people who are just going to execute, not actually make policy. stuart: okay. dream on kirsten, dream on. i've got to break in for a second. news just in...
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that is, of course, not assuming if jack lew is confirmed. geithner is probably gone either way but he will stay on a couple more weeks for the president. so tim geithner will stay on until january 25th. >> the taxing amount of time it will take us to do our taxes this year. it is today's thing that makes you go hhmmm. >> and has gold lost its shine? or is now a golden opportunity to buy? stick around. [ male announcer s joe woods' first day of work. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll find some good people to help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. ♪ [ male announcer ] some day, your life will flash before your eyes. make it worth watching. introducing the 2013 lexus ls. an entirely new
that is, of course, not assuming if jack lew is confirmed. geithner is probably gone either way but he will stay on a couple more weeks for the president. so tim geithner will stay on until january 25th. >> the taxing amount of time it will take us to do our taxes this year. it is today's thing that makes you go hhmmm. >> and has gold lost its shine? or is now a golden opportunity to buy? stick around. [ male announcer s joe woods' first day of work. and his new boss told him two...
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chief of staff jac jack lew was nominated as the secretary of treasury. a let of question about his signature. this is a grown man. this is his signature, doesn't resemble anything. president obama had a great joke about it today. bob and i were talking today, i realize bob was eating his lunch where the signature came from. checkbe this out. this is what bob eats for lunch. >> kimberly: that is why we have healthy snacks. okay. now we have a cute video here. if bill maher pays up. >> we have a new rule that suppose perhaps trump had been the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan. unless he comes up with proof, i am willing to offer $5 million to donald trump -- if he will come, that he can donate to a charity of his choice. >> kimberly: pay up. guess what, what did trump do? he had his lawyer right away. send et over. provide the proof he is in fa t
chief of staff jac jack lew was nominated as the secretary of treasury. a let of question about his signature. this is a grown man. this is his signature, doesn't resemble anything. president obama had a great joke about it today. bob and i were talking today, i realize bob was eating his lunch where the signature came from. checkbe this out. this is what bob eats for lunch. >> kimberly: that is why we have healthy snacks. okay. now we have a cute video here. if bill maher pays up....
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we'll talk to you about if you're feelings of jack lew in a moment. on the deal that we did. you see everybody's taken the zeros off of what we owe and everybody's seen that now. i guess we're making $23,000 a year, we're spending $38,000. so we're adding $16,000 to our credit card bill every year. and we already owe $160,000 on our credit card bill. and the fiscal cliff deal cut $38 off of our expenses or something when you take everything off. is that -- >> actually worse than that. >> how can it be worse? >> actually our cliff bill was an absolute embarrassment to the united states of america. let me clarify. if we had gone over the cliff, it would have been an "f." and a total failure of our system. but when you analyze the bill, it was an "f" on spending. we actually increased spending. we didn't reduce 13e7bding. we increased spending. >> all the democrats tell me that there was already a trillion dollars of spending cuts that -- i didn't -- >> that was from august 2011. okay, but what i'm saying is, if you just look at this bill in isolation, it increased spending. it
we'll talk to you about if you're feelings of jack lew in a moment. on the deal that we did. you see everybody's taken the zeros off of what we owe and everybody's seen that now. i guess we're making $23,000 a year, we're spending $38,000. so we're adding $16,000 to our credit card bill every year. and we already owe $160,000 on our credit card bill. and the fiscal cliff deal cut $38 off of our expenses or something when you take everything off. is that -- >> actually worse than that....